An interview with Morning Joe director TJ Asprea

If you’re a production nerd and you’ve found yourself wondering who mans the show from the darkness of the control room (or, if you’ve just turned in at the end of “Way Too Early”), then you’re in for a treat today.

We sat down with Morning Joe director TJ Asprea (who often pops up on camera from the control room) to get a sense of what it’s like to sit in front of a massive bank of television monitors for three and a half hours each day.

Hear TJ talk about being with the show since the beginning, the highlights and hijinks from over the years, and his well wishes to the show on its fifth birthday.